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Monthly premiums have risen by an average of 100% over the past decade — and by more than 1,400% for retired government employees — while patients face higher copays, shrinking benefits and fewer doctors.

Doctors and other providers have stopped accepting the plan due to payment issues and say they are worried about the future of the insurer that covers the health care needs of half a million people in Puerto Rico.

As temperatures and heat indexes in Puerto Rico continue to break records, the homeless population struggles to survive on the streets with no government action plan in place.

A University of Miami research found a carcinogenic contaminant in the blood samples of 86% of the people who participated in the study. It is also the first confirmation that the chemical substance is also in the air.

The indicators of climate change and its effects on the life and health of populations continue to be ignored by many governments, warned Luciana Blanco Villafuerte, Lancet Countdown Latin America researcher.

The bankruptcy filed by Grupo HIMA under Chapter 11 for reorganization is around $500 million. While these debts grew, politicians or members of their families were hired by the company.

A small tech company called SupportPR, owned by a donor and collaborator of Gov. Pedro Pierluisi, has controlled and set the hiring guidelines for tech jobs at the Department of Health since the pandemic that has exceeded $144 million.

The day before Hurricane Fiona made landfall, Petra Rodríguez tried to turn on the power generator she had just bought, but it arrived damaged. She needed electricity to power the electric pump with which she feeds her 93-year-old mother, who is bedridden, and to operate the adjustable bed and inflatable mattress, which keep her from […]